Union members rally against Trump's civil service orders on Capitol Hill

The Manila Times

Union members rally against Trump's civil service orders on Capitol Hill  Unionized workers on Tuesday, February 11, gathered on Capitol Hill, joined by Democratic leaders, to protest President Donald Trump's plans to reduce staff and downsize the federal government.  The House of Representative's minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks joined leaders of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the AFL-CIO in the shadow of the Capitol, calling on Congress to protect federal civil service jobs and shield workers from political interference.  Union members were also protesting billionaire Elon Musk's oversight of an unofficial government office, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), set up by President Trump. AFGE has filed a lawsuit to block a DOGE program offering seven months of severance pay to government workers who agree to resign. A federal judge has put the program on indefinite hold pending a hearing.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews #Trump #USA

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00:00Hey, hey, ho, ho, EU, I love you, God bless you.

00:04Hey, hey, ho, ho, EU, I love you, God bless you.

00:08Hey, hey, ho, ho, EU, I love you, God bless you.

00:10East Palestine, Ohio will have clean air, clean water, and monitoring.

00:14And so when I think about the NTSB employees, the EPA, who have been there for months and continue.

00:20Now, we are here today to send a message,

00:25a loud and clear message

00:29to our senators and our representatives here on Capitol Hill.

00:34And the message is this.

00:37Save the civil service and save the country.

00:46And I want machinists.

00:48SEIU.

00:50Machinists.

00:54The attack on you, the attack on the civil service

00:59is unacceptable, unconscionable, un-American.

01:04And we are going to stand with you until each and every one

01:08of those unlawful executive orders are fully and completely reversed,

01:14buried in the ground, never to rise again.

01:19Let me just say that you represent the very best in all of us.

01:26You represent the best in all of us.

01:29Our civil servants, you have answered the call.

01:33The call not to serve a Republican government or a Democratic government.

01:38You were called to serve the American people in an American government.

01:44And for anyone who's wondering,

01:46these jobs are not Republican jobs or Democratic jobs.

01:50They're American jobs.

01:52They're American jobs.

01:54We've got bills, we've got legislation, we've got letters,

01:57but most importantly...

01:58And the billionaires try to divide us by our color.

02:03They divide us by our tongue.

02:06They divide us men and women.

02:09They divide us old and young.

02:11But they'll tremble at our voices when they hear these verses sung

02:17that the union makes us strong.

02:22Say it with us.

02:23Solidarity forever.

02:29Solidarity forever.

02:32Solidarity forever.

02:37Solidarity forever.

03:02Solidarity forever.

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